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Mountain View, California - 3 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Mountain View-Los Altos Union High #312 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,799 per pupil, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High ranks #87 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,448
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$26,799
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High operates 3 public schools serving 4,448 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Santa Clara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,799 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 85.3% local, 11.8% state, and 2.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #312 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (51 AP courses district-wide), a 399.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 38.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.7% Hispanic or Latino, 23.6% White, 23.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mountain View High, with a diversity index of 73.1/100.
Its largest campus is Mountain View High, enrolling 2,187 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Alta Vista High, at 78 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mountain View High accounts for 49.2% of all Mountain View-Los Altos Union High student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mountain View-Los Altos Union High a distant remainder — means Mountain View-Los Altos Union High-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High school enrollment ranges from 78 students (lowest) to 2,187 students (highest), a spread of 2,109 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High student-counselor ratio is 400:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High chronic absenteeism rate is 38.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Mountain View-Los Altos Union High?
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High has 3 schools, including 3 high. Total enrollment is 4,448 students.
How much does Mountain View-Los Altos Union High spend per student?
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High spends $26,799 per student. The district has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #312 in California.
What is the demographic composition of Mountain View-Los Altos Union High?
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High students are 38.7% Hispanic or Latino, 23.6% White, 23.4% Asian, 1.5% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mountain View-Los Altos Union High?
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #312 out of 1517 districts in California.